BAKER, Carolynn

BAKER, Carolynn - Really Made You Feel Like You Mattered. Carolynn “Carrie“ Baker really liked sushi, Mahler's 9th Symphony, white wine, dark chocolate, and Blue Rodeo. But love she preserved for people. And every person who ever met Carrie loved her right back. Carrie died suddenly in her Regina home in mid April. She was 43. And Carrie was, as her second cousin put it, “one of those rare people who made you feel like you mattered.“ Born in Sudbury to Marie and Allan Baker (Gloria), Carrie is big sister to Laurie Lamour (Willie) and Stephen Baker (Sherri). She adored her nephews Cameron, Mitchell and Hudson and nieces Halley and Lexi. “Feeling young!“ she announced on Facebook recently: “Just explained what the Harlem Shake was to my niece.“ Carrie will be missed by her paternal Grandmother Helen Baker, Godparents Margaret and John O'Callaghan, Goddaughter Aemelia, step- sisters Vivian and Jennifer and their children Britteny, Kendell, Michelle and Daniel and innumerable cousins, aunts and uncles on both sides. Her family is confident Carrie is being welcomed into the arms of her grandparents the late Edward and Isabel O'Callaghan and Grandfather Kenneth Baker. Tall and pretty, smart as a whip, witty and independent, Carrie moved from Sudbury to BC, Toronto and then to Regina, where she lived for the past seven years. Carrie inhaled books, sometimes absorbing several in a week. “I'm flabbergasted!“ wrote Carrie upon learning of the most recent incarnation of Anne of Green Gables, “They (Americans) have turned Anne into a blonde strumpet!“ Carrie never failed to surprise and indeed sometimes exasperate her loved ones. She always challenged those around her to be the best they can be. To be close to Carrie was a privilege. Even being a Facebook friend was a rich experience. “I owe taxes this year,“ she posted recently. “Would love to be snarky and pay the government in pennies. I can't, because they discontinued the penny and took the possibility of that small pleasure away. Nickels just won't have the same effect.“ Where others saw life as a series of routine responses to everyday tasks, Carrie perceived each of life's events as another opportunity to think about the world freshly and respond in a new and different way. At Carrie's request her remains were cremated and her family will be holding a memorial service in her honour in the R. J. Barnard Chapel, JACKSON AND BARNARD FUNERAL HOME, 233 Larch St., Sudbury, Saturday, May 4th, 2013 at 1pm. Friends may gather after 11am Saturday. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Mental Health Association would be appreciated. To light a memorial candle, donations or messages of condolences available on-line atwww.lougheed.org